Patents by Inventor Franz TROFFER

Franz TROFFER has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Motor vehicle and method for producing a motor vehicle
    Patent number: 10532707
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a control device which is arranged in a cockpit module and has a cable harness, which includes at least one data and/or power cable, for connecting the control device to an on-board electrical system of the motor vehicle. The control device has at least one connection for making electrical contact with the cable harness. An improved utilization of the available installation space in the cockpit region and a shortening of the requisite length of the cable harness is obtained by the connection of the control device being arranged on a side of the control device which faces an interior of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Franz Troffer, Anton Niedermeier
  • Motor Vehicle and Method for Producing a Motor Vehicle
    Publication number: 20170232912
    Abstract: A motor vehicle has a control device which is arranged in a cockpit module and has a cable harness, which includes at least one data and/or power cable, for connecting the control device to an on-board electrical system of the motor vehicle. The control device has at least one connection for making electrical contact with the cable harness. An improved utilization of the available installation space in the cockpit region and a shortening of the requisite length of the cable harness is obtained by the connection of the control device being arranged on a side of the control device which faces an interior of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Franz TROFFER, Anton NIEDERMEIER